Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made. — Robert N. Rose

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William A. Ward

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much. — Robin Lee Graham

A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind. — Webb Chiles

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind — and the boat made three. — Hilaire Belloc

The sea hates a coward. — Eugene O’Neill

It’s out there at sea that you are really yourself. — Vito Dumas

The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance. — Annie Van De Wiele

The lovely thing about cruising is that planning usually turns out to be of little use. — Dom Degnon

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea. — Joseph Conrad

Cruising has two pleasures. One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters. — Howard Bloomfield